chapter 38

Everything seems to have slow down, the boar with it's small tusk charging through, edelina was running slowly and Mark who were shouting warnings at her and tried to help out as he tries to pull out his weapon. Suddenly a speedy arrow gush out and hit the back of the boar.

The wounded boar with it's ironed back penetrated by an arrow, wailed and run away to the opposite direction.

Mark lost sight of the boar who ran away and after edelina reached Mark who was stumbled on a tree injured, she quickly unleash her power and healed him using the life energy of the world tree.

Until someone said nearby them, "Bullseye, you hit the weak spot of that boar"

"Ha, it's nothing" replied one of the people who just arrived.

An adult elven archer suddenly jump down from the tree and landed on the ground near them..

"here" the archer spoke.

He throw to them a bottle of healing potion with it's light red color, edelina catched it, guessing why the archer gave her the bottle, she gave it to Mark and drank it.

"By the way, why are you kids in the middle of the forest? You don't even have a guards, you two already know that it was dangerous. You two should go back before that monster we were trying to track and kill come back and be careful with other annoying magic beasts lurking in your way home"

Asked the archer. Mark was completely healed and was currently hugged by edelina out of worry.

"uhh-" without much excuses, another archer shouted atop the tree.

"svilton, the boar is getting away, hurry up here!! "

"yes!!.. You two go back before you get hurt again." the elven archer jump up the tall tree and dash from branch to branch in the way the boar ran.

"wait th... The twig.. " said Mark but the elves has already left. Mark was worried about the twig that the boar ate and he hoped it won't suddenly activate.

"why did we suddenly goes here, are you crazy?! You almost nearly died just like last time. Don't be reckless, and let's go back before another beast came" said edelina worriedly and drag Mark towards the city and goes back to the Inn.

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In the midst of the thick forest. The boar with an arrow at it's back hustle through the woods, leaving a trail of messy grass.

It's pursuer, the elven archers was tracking behind the boar, they shoot out barrages of arrows. But unfortunately, only one arrow impaled at his back again.

The boar reached the nearby river and to the boars surprise. Suddenly, a normal spear flew straight and skewered the boar in it's mouth and it died.

It's pursuer suddenly stopped and looked at the situation without knowing what was happening and whose spear is that.

As they look, they saw a group of human warrior which they thought to be an hostile force, and some boats and ship docking in the river, tents were scattered and people speaking an outlandish language... They might be humans from the enemy kingdom that snuck inside, they thought. The elven archers was surprise about the thing they found out, this people seems to be hunting a game, with that spear throw, it seems like it was an official or maybe there captain. Seeing by it's clothing and an expert in spear, base on it's accurate throw.

"captain skivrea, I spotted a sifredian human with their armor on, they seems to be planning to raid the city, shall we fend them off or report it first?" an elven archer spoke asking their team leader. They were merely hunters who were tasked to hunt down beast which threatened the city and they doubt, they could win such large army.

"no, let's retreat and report it, we were only hunters not soldiers, even if we fought, were outnumbered" a woman with a blond hair spoke.

Instead of fighting them off with there limited number, they retreated to report the event to the higher up.

Besides, the river that was very near the city. The river was a dangerous place to stroll around and many different water creature emerge and lived there.

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In the camp site nearby the river, these humans who wore Siegfried soldier armors.

These bunch of warriors were merely pirate who just recently robbed an army fleet and was resting nearby the capital River.

They were once people from the barrier, altren ravines. Who got drifted away and came to algarith continent, they were supposed to go to sea warfare against the enemy fleet but got lost in the fog when they thought there is a shortcut going near the lost sea of fool.

The lost sea of fool was also a barrier that connected the big river of algarith continent and the sea of the other place, beyond the altren ravine. The lost sea was a foggy place where seafarer could get easily lost but these marines didn't go through there original route possibly because time is running out to arrive in time and instead foolishly led the ships to what they believe was a shortcut and now these people live in a small island in the end of the river which was once an abandoned moon shrine, moon Island. Most of the people living in the island is mostly groups of adrift seafarers who dislikes the kingdom thus becoming a pirate as a source of livelihood.

Elves don't usually use boats and the pirates oftenly Rob ships from human kingdoms in algareth continent.

And somehow they successfully Rob an army fleet that lost in an expedition in defeating and attacking the big river monster. After defeating the losing army fleet, they didn't expect a reinforcement would arrived and was on the run and got into the river near the capital city of silver moon. Although the kingdom army fleet successfully defeated a big monster of the river, they can't resist the attacks of the pirates when they were still weak from the expedition.

"captain, nice shot what's the catch? "

"hah, my spear skill hasn't deteriorate yet, it's good to get some practice... Look what a huge boar we got, wrap it up everyone, we're going to have a feast tonight before we leave home!!"

"aye, captain!"

Loud cheering suddenly broke out, and people help out dressing the boar's meat and some even grilled it immediately.

Suddenly a rustling sound in the nearby woods heard by there captain.

It was suspicious figure but he couldn't confirmed what it is, but he knew it has a human like figure, so he believe it was a Siegfried scout that found them.

"OK, boys party's over, pack up the meat we needed on these journey and raise the sails"

The cheerful atmosphere suddenly dissappear and what left was the pirates diligently do their respective job.

"captain, what's the situation?" one pirate asked.

"the ship is on their spyglass, we need to move out before they flock in this place."

"I got it, so they brought hunters to track us down... aye, aye captain." they were about to leave but the captain asked his crew.

"did you see my daughter, diane?"

"captain, your daughter was helping with dressing, to speed it up."

"good. She's doing great as a pirate"

... At the site where the large boar carcass lies, a teen girl with an age about 14 or 16 was holding a knife and was cutting out flesh in the boar like other's did.

As she dig out to the boar's stomach, she found a mystical purple twig with a crystal like fruit in it. She was mesmerize of how dazzling the thing is and keep it with her and took it secretly.

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"captain!! The giant sea snake escaped and was going berserk, we gonna take actions immediately!! "

"what? It ain't dead yet? what are ya waiting for? Go get e'm with the harpoons!!"

"aye aye captain!"

It took them several hours after catching back the big water snake again. After a day of being busy, they departed at night boarding ships and goes back to their island with supplies they got.